Texas & Region

Posted: July 22, 2012 - 11:10pm

Texas & Region

EL PASO

Police in El Paso say a man was stabbed to death early Sunday outside a large house party.

El Paso police officers were responding to a suspicious vehicle call shortly after midnight when they saw the house party. They were told someone was hurt and found a 21-year-old man with serious injuries. He was taken a local hospital, but died a short time later. His name was not released.

LA PORTE

Police have ruled a La Porte toddler’s suspicious death a homicide.

The Houston Chronicle reports that La Porte police said Saturday they were investigating 17-month-old Shawn McCloskey’s death Thursday as a homicide.

Police and emergency personnel had responded to the boy’s La Porte home Thursday morning after receiving a call about a child who was unresponsive and not breathing. He was pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital. La Porte is 25 miles east of Houston.